Research Catalog

Title

AIDS : effective health communication for the 90s / edited by Scott C. Ratzan.

Publication

New York : Taylor & Francis, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ratzan, Scott C.

Description

xxvii, 268 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• HIV > prevention & control
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
• AIDS (Disease) > Prevention
• Communication in medicine
• HIV > prevention & control > United States
• AIDS (Disease) > United States > Prevention
• Communicative Disorders
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control > United States
• Communication

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Health Communication and AIDS: Setting the Agenda / Scott C. Ratzan -- Pt. 1. Aids: Effective Health Communication -- Ch. 1. Developing Strategic Communication Campaigns for HIV/AIDS Prevention / Edward W. Maibach and Gary L. Kreps, and Ellen W. Bonaguro -- Principles for Strategic Communication Campaigns -- Ch. 2. Health Communication as Negotiation: The COAST Model and AIDS / Scott C. Ratzan -- The COAST Model of Negotiation -- The COAST Model of Negotiation Applied to a Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome -- Ch. 3. The Role of Care Partners in Managing AIDS Patients' Illness: Toward a Triadic Model of Health Care Delivery / Eric G. Zook and Katherine I. Miller -- Health Care Provision for AIDS Patients -- The Role and Nature of the Care Partner's Involvement -- Possible Outcomes Associated with Care Partner Inclusion -- Ch. 4. The Paradox of Accurate Information Increasing the Fear of AIDS / Louis R. Franzini -- The Symptom Versus Syndrome Controversy -- The Paradox -- Manifestations of FRAIDS -- Negative Consequences of the Fear of AIDS -- Treatment Suggestions for the Young -- Ch. 5. Responses From the Street: ACT UP and Community Organizing Against AIDS / Valeria Fabj and Matthew J. Sobnosky -- Overview -- Treatment and Support -- Safer Sex and Drug Use -- The Broader Agenda -- Pt. 2. Aids: Communication, Education, and the Media -- Ch. 6. Perceived Control in the Age of AIDS: A Review of Prevention Information in Academic, Popular, and Medical Accounts / David A. Brenders and Lisaanne Garrett -- Perceived Control and Health Threat -- Perceived AIDS Risk Among Adolescents and College Students -- Helplessness and Popular Accounts About AIDS -- Perceived Control and AIDS: How Well Do Popular Accounts Activate Health Protection Motivation? -- Ch. 7. AIDS in the Media: Entertainment or Infotainment / Nina Biddle, Lisa Conte and Edwin Diamond -- Rock Hudson: Star Treatment -- Kimberly Bergalis: Feature Fodder -- Magic Johnson: "America Finds a Hero" -- Summing Up: AIDS News and "People" News -- Ch. 8. Crisis in Communication: Coverage of Magic Johnson's AIDS Disclosure / J. Gregory Payne and Kevin A. Mercuri -- Purpose -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Pt. 3. Aids: The Cutting Edge of Awareness, Action, and Policy -- Ch. 9. Freedom of the Press to Cover HIV/AIDS: A Clear and Present Danger? / John Marlier -- The Problem -- What the Public Needs to Know About HIV/AIDS -- Effects of Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS to bite -- Development of an Effective Public Information Policy on HIV/AIDS -- The Fourth Estate as Servant of the Public Interest -- Ch. 10. Communication Disorders in Adults with AIDS / Cynthia L. Bartlett -- Understanding Others' Messages -- Conveying Messages to Others -- Ch. 11. Neurosurgical Professionalism and Care in the Treatment of Patients with Symptomatic AIDS / Michael L. Levy, Joseph P. Van Der Meulen and Michael L. J. Apuzzo -- Historical Substrate -- Perceptions of AIDS in the Medical Community -- Laws Relating to Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Responsibilities of Physicians -- The Concept of Trust -- Responsibilities of Physicians to Patients with Regard to Information -- HIV Testing -- Neurological Manifestations of AIDS -- Ch. 12. Adolescents and HIV: Two Decades of Denial / Karen K. Hein, Jill F. Blair, Scott C. Ratzan and Denise E. Dyson -- Stereotypes, Fear, and Denial -- Fuel for the Future: The Adolescent AIDS Program -- Optimism and Activism in New York City. Appendix 1: Straight to the Source -- Appendix 2: Who's Who Among American High School Students: AIDS Survey of High Achievers, 1992 -- Ch. 13. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: AIDS Action 2000 Plan / Scott C. Ratzan and J. Gregory Payne -- The COAST Model - Health Communication as Negotiation -- AIDS Action 2000 Plan. Afterword: Communication and Prevention - They Are All We Have / Scott C. Ratzan.

ISBN

156032273X

LCCN

92017933

OCLC

• 26012764
• ocm26012764
• SCSB-4715634

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries